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Notes

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inorganic - the mineral cannot be living plant or animal before
crystal - a solid that the atoms are arranged in a pattern
element - a substance that only have a single atom
compound - a substance that has two or more element that was chemically joined
streak - the color of it's powder
Mohs hardness scale - a scale that rate mineral from softest to hardest
luster - the way the mineral mirror light
cleavage - a mineral to crack on flat surface
fracture - the way a minieral looks when it is brocken apart in an odd way
fluorescence - the ability of the minieral to glow under ultra-violet light

Outline

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What is a Mineral

• natural occunting
• Ignorganic
• Solid
• Crystal structure
• Definite chemical composition

Identifying Minerals

• Hardness
• Color
• Streak
• Luster
• Density
• Crystal systems
• Cleavage and fracture
• Special properties
  • fluorescence
  • magnetism
  • radioactive
  • produces electric current

Diagram

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